Much has been made of how the reentry burns of Falcon 9 first stages occur at an altitude where the atmosphere is similar in density to the atmosphere of Mars, and so they demonstrate that supersonic ...

On the last few webcasts, SpaceX has shown video from both ground tracking cameras and the on-board camera side-by-side, and there's a noticable delay between the two, with the on-board camera being ...

After sending CRS-11 into orbit to rendezvous with the space station, the first stage of the SpaceX rocket Dragon landed on Landing Zone one.
In the video released subsequently you can see two pieces ...

This is a question I've been pondering for the last few weeks after I back-calculated the details of the Merlin 1D engine. Just as a thought exercise, I wanted to see what upgrades the Merlin 1D would ...

Does anyone know what the dry mass and mass ratio of the Falcon 9v1.1 Full Thrust Stage 1 is? The best info I've been able to find was by taking the specified burn time and multiplying it by the mass ...

Gwynne Shotwell at SmallSat 2016 in Utah mentioned that SpaceX would be using the JCSAT-14 recovered first stage as a fleet leader in wear and tear. That they would be mounting it on the McGregor, TX ...

What is the fuel mass nedeed for the 2nd stage of Falcon 9 rocket to land, how much compared with its total fuel mass that it has? Or how much delta-v is necessary? Would it be able for Falcon 9 to ...

I'm curious about timeline and the procedures related to the spacecraft separation during Falcon 9 (and perhaps other rockets if such information is available) launch.
Let's assume a mission with one ...